Gardenr Museum Theft Information 2008-05-22 14:09:48 For all you arm-chair art heist sleuths out there, the Boston Herald has launched a website dedicated to information regarding the 1990 theft at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
in Boston. In that heist, thieves swiped 13 works including three Rembrandts, a Vermeer (pictured below) and five Degas drawings. Among...
The Affordable Art Fair – New York 2008 2008-05-27 13:27:50 As we reported earlier, Migration will be an exhibitor at this year’s Affordable Art Fair
in New York
City. The AAF will be held in the Metropolitan Pavilion/Altman Building in Chelsea from June 12-15. There will be a special VIP preview cocktail party during the evening of June 11. Over...
Peter Schjeldahl 2008-05-30 15:14:33 There has been something of a debate brewing regarding the fall of quality art criticism (and a sub-argument regarding the actual value of art criticism in general). Personally, I believe much of today’s "criticism" has been reduced to: simple, adjective-filled descriptions of pieces of art; feel-good, "everyone’s a winner," vapid... Read more:Peter
Pinhole Photography Workshops 2008-06-02 14:11:32 The popularity of digital photography has risen exponentially over the last decade. There are still a huge number of artists who use film photography and traditional printing techniques. But, more and more frequently, Laura and I are approached by photographers showing off their digitally snapped and enhanced images printed by... Read more:Workshops
Look 3 - Festival of the Photograph 2008-06-03 11:25:32 It’s that time of year again… Big pictures of animals hanging in the downtown trees have returned. That means Charlottesville’s Festival
of the Photograph is back for its second year. The Festival bills itself as: 3 days of peace, love and photography. A festival for those that love the still...
Quotable quote 2008-06-06 13:32:56 I love this one… "At the end of the day, you can’t hang money on your wall. The only reason I like money is you can buy art with it." Said by Miami real estate developed and art collector Martin Margulies. Mr. Margulies opened The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse...
SOFA New York 2008 2008-06-05 14:15:32 SOFA New York was held last weekend. 67 leading international galleries offered masterworks in ceramics, glass, metal, wood and fiber by major artists. Reports thus far are very positive. Record turnout and record sales. From the SOFA website: "While we knew from the recent spate of contemporary art auctions, the...
Affordable Art Fair - Opening Night 2008-06-12 15:58:55 Wow! What a night... Last night was the opening of the Affordable Art Fair in New York City (located in the Altman Building / Metropolitan Pavilion at 135 18th Street). The doors opened at 6pm on a beautiful early summer evening, and a line of people quickly strung down the... Read more:Night
Affordable Art Fair NYC – Recap 2008-06-17 15:05:15 Who said the art market is suffering? Yes, we’ve all read the news of how the glum US economy is hurting the art market; there have been plenty of reports from Christie’s and Sotheby’s about the latest Picasso hitting the auction block selling for $41 million rather than the expected... Read more:Recap
What we saw at AAF NYC 2008-06-19 14:58:05 During the four and a half days of the Affordable Art Fair, neither Laura nor I had much of a chance to get outside our own booth and fully study all the other great art exhibited at the fair – heck, it was so busy, we had to remind ourselves...
Charlottesville Art representing in New York City 2008-06-19 13:29:33 Last week, Migration exhibited at the Affordable Art Fairin New York
City. The fair is a juried event for exhibitors. We were judged and accepted primarily on the quality of the artists we intended to exhibit. Needless to say, we were very pleased to be accepted and included with the... Read more:Charlottesville
, New York City
An Insider's View? 2008-07-03 15:57:04 If there was any question of the increased interest that the role of the art market plays in the economy, look no further than the recently developed Art Market Confidence Indicator maintained by a London-based group called ArtTactic. From their website: ArtTactic was set up by Anders Petterson in 2001... Read more:Insider
Trawick Prize 2008-07-02 10:31:13 I am thrilled to see and pleased to announce that Warren Craghead is one of the 53 semi-finalists for this year’s Trawick Prize: Bethesda Contemporary Art Award. Warren will be exhibiting his quixotic and fearless drawings at Migration in January 2009. 2008 marks the 6th annual Trawick Prize. Over 350...
Stocks, Bonds, or Monet? 2008-06-27 11:37:10 Oil is now $140+ a barrel. Gas is over $4 a gallon. The Dow is at its 2008 low (and going lower). The Federal Reserve is hand tied. Banks are beginning to flinch under the stress. The bond market is doing nothing. Home values are dropping. Even the unemotional Steven... Read more:Stocks
, Bonds
, Monet
Piedmont Council of the Arts 2008-06-26 09:55:35 Laura and I attended the Piedmont Council
of the Arts’ annual meeting last night at the McGuffey Arts Center. Executive Director, Maggie Guggenheimer, made a very thorough and insightful presentation reviewing PCA’s accomplishments over the past 12 months and a glimpse of what is in the works for the next...
Chesapeake Bay Swim – 2008 2008-06-24 09:44:09 The following is some news of a different sort – but it’s a big part of how Laura and I spend our free time... On June 8, Laura and I completed our annual swim across the Chesapeake
Bay. It was my 7th and Laura’s 4th consecutive time. Whew! For a...
Brian Mallman in Domino Magazine 2008-07-16 14:08:19 Domino Magazine
has just posted a list of favorite artists its high fashioned reporters gleaned from this year’s Affordable Art Fair in New York. We are proud to see included in the short list of 16 was Migration’s Brian
Mallman (see slide #7). Domino states: Brian Mallman's mastery of the...
Everyone is a Critic 2008-07-14 16:27:18 Is professional criticism becoming irrelevant? This seems to be the question recently posed by Financial Times art critic Martin Bernheimer. Having read Mr. Bernheimer’s recent article, it seems to me that someone must have pissed in Mr. Bernheimer’s corn-flakes before he wrote it. It leans towards the extreme in my... Read more:Critic
Conscious Clay - the not quite first Friday opening 2008-07-13 16:43:49 It seems in the art gallery business every decision made is a gamble. Of course, some decisions are riskier than others. When planning the reception for the opening of Migration's newest exhibit, Conscious Clay, we saw that the traditional city-wide First Friday
Gallery Walk fell on July 4th. Laura made...
The Narrative pottery of STANTON HUNTER 2008-07-12 16:06:30 I said pottery… not poetry. The ceramic arts have seen creations come in all shapes and sizes: From bowls, plates, teapots, cups and mugs, to a plethora of sculptural forms. It seems there is nothing that can’t be sculpted out of clay. But what about words? Can clay be text?...
Raku pottery by STEVE MITCHELL 2008-07-10 15:48:04 The last 25 years or so has seen the Raku pottery technique become increasingly popular among professional and hobby potters alike. The drawing of red hot pots from a kiln, the subsequent smoking of pots (and potters) in sawdust, the tense excitement as the final results emerge when the pots...
Tom Clarkson 2008-07-09 16:10:15 Laura and I first met Tom Clarkson
in Atlanta about 15 years ago. He was exhibiting his pottery at the annual American Craft Council Craft Fair there. Like the proverbial moth to a flame, both Laura and I were drawn to Tom’s artwork. We were taken by the grace, fluidity,...
"Conscious Clay" at Migration 2008-07-08 09:49:00 This Friday, Migration
: A Gallery will open its summer show, "Conscious Clay", featuring ceramic pieces from Tom Clarkson, Steve Mitchell, and Stanton Hunter. An opening reception with the artists will be held Friday, July 11, 2008 from 5:30-8:00. The show runs through August 20, 2008. Charlottesville ceramist and PVCC art...
Keeping Up With… Beth Cavener Stichter 2008-08-01 11:00:59 Beth Cavener Stichter reports from her new home in Eastern Washington that she has been back to work following the purchase of and move to a new home, building a new studio, and recovering from a hand injury. Despite the turmoil, she has produced a new body of work that...
Hanging (and re-hanging) art 2008-07-31 07:36:21 When Rob and I used to live in Atlanta and I had free time (this usually happened when Rob was out of town) I cut things. I cut everything from my hair to the sleeves on t-shirts to limbs from the pine trees in our front yard. Now, when I...
Stampington's Artful Blogging 2008-07-29 16:24:04 This past Sunday, after a tough swim workout, Laura and I dropped into Downtown Athletic to pick up a couple of bits of sports gear (Tyr fins of Laura and K-Swiss tennis shoes for me). We then dropped into Chipotle for a big, fat burrito lunch. Needing to walk off... Read more:Blogging
31 by 31 in 31 for $31 2008-07-25 11:33:09 Randall David Tipton reports from Portland, Oregon… Following the very successful "Thirty!", Artists for the Arts in Portland, Oregon is producing "Thirty-One". During the month of July, 31 artists will have 31 days to create 31 paintings. The resulting 961 new paintings will be unveiled at the Artists for the...
What Katie says: Joel-Peter Witkin 2008-07-18 17:38:36 Katie Jenkins is Migration’s summer intern. She will be a senior this fall at James Madison University and will receive a BA majoring in Public Relations with minors in art history and film. To give you a much needed refreshing voice on this blog, Laura and I asked Katie to... Read more:Katie
, Peter
Bud Potts - In memoriam 2008-08-15 16:19:28 Usually I’m good for comic relief, but this time I’d like to share a shortened version of remarks I made at my Uncle Bud’s funeral last week. He was 86 and had lived a long and happy life. He was immensely proud that Rob and I ran an art gallery,... Read more:Potts
PINKIE is my favorite Velvet Elvis 2008-08-14 14:40:57 This post is part of a continued series distinguishing individuals and groups by presenting a DaVinci award or a VelvetElvis
award for their role in promoting Charlottesville as the "cultural and creative capital of Central Virginia". There is a website/blog/chat room based here in Charlottesville called Cvillain. It’s part...
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